Through its Advocacy
and Planning initative, The Hunts Point Re-Envisioning Project works
on Environmental Justice, transportation, open space, economic development strategies,
public art and other community revitalization issues and projects.
Current projects include:
* Environmental Stewardship Program
* Community Gardening
* Redundant Roadway
* Deconstructing the Bronx's Sheridan Expressway
* Hunts Point 197-a plan
* Hunts Point Rangers
* Hunts Point Riverside Park
* Community Boat building and Rowing
* Traffic Volume and Human Exposure to Air Pollution in Hunts Point Study
* Title VI administrative complaint
*Freight Ferries
in New York/New Jersey Harbor:
New York/New
Jersey metropolitan area freight ferries offer several opportunities. They help
solve the ongoing problem of congestion in the NY/NJ metropolitan area, help
maintain Air cargo's high economic value in the region, and help spur redevelopment
of waterfront communities.
FREIGHT FERRIES IN NEW YORK/NEW JERSEY HARBOR: HOW TO MAKE THEM HAPPEN (click here to read) is a paper by Roberta E. Weisbrod, Ph.D. of Partnership for Sustainable Ports
*Commuter Rail:
Support Hunts Point's fight to reopen its commuter rail station on Hunts Point
Avenue! Metro North is exploring possible station stops on a proposed New Haven
commuter rail line that will begin at Penn Station and continue through Queens,
The Bronx, Westchester County, and Southeastern Connecticut.
Come out and support Hunts Point's fight to reopen its commuter rail station
on Hunts Point Avenue, closed for more than half a century.
To learn more, go to:
MTA-MNR Penn Station
Access Study
see the NYtimes article:
Watching
as the Trains Pass, Then Having to Take the Bus